Join us as we embark on the Spark Change Journey with our Kickoff Event on Wednesday, August 26!
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Kickoff Event Agenda
Noon - 12:15 p.m. EDT | 9:00 - 9:15 a.m. PDT
How do YOU Spark Change? Join us as we embark on the Spark Change journey! Meet our emcee, Yoli Ouiya of Yoli's Green Living and the Food & Wellness Equity Collective, and learn how to use the Spark Change platform to make the right connections, discover brands and products via the Product Discovery Zone and take in thought-provoking panels and presentations. Plus, hear how members of our community Spark Change—and connect with those who inspire you the most. (P.S. be sure to book your free low-sugar living nutrition consultation with Kristina Cooke, Registered Dietician Nutritionist, at the Zevia Product Discovery Zone.)
Yoli Ouiya
Founder, Yoli's Green Living Group;
Co-Founder, Food & Wellness Equity Collective
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Welcome to Spark Change!
Dr. Tieraona Low Dog
Founding Director,
Medicine Lodge Ranch
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Joseph Campbell once said, "The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure that you seek." Renowned integrative physician, educator, and keynote Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, encourages all of us to tap into our inner warrior to brave the uncertainty of 2020—our modern-day cave—to find this treasure that we seek.
With a vision powered by hope and courage, Dr. Low Dog knows that by bravely staying connected, resilient, and dedicated to making positive change within ourselves and the natural products community, we will continue to serve our customers and grow our businesses with innovative, better for the world products.
12:20 - 12:45 p.m. EDT | 9:20 - 9:45 a.m. PDT
Innovation for Good Keynote: Dr. Tieraona Low Dog
Chris McGurrin
Manager, Influencer Programs,
New Hope Network
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It's awards season here at New Hope Network! Don't miss our live announcement of the NEXTY Awards finalists, which represent the best of the best in innovation, inspiration and integrity.
12:50 - 1:05 p.m. EDT | 9:50 - 10:05 a.m. PDT
And the NEXTY finalists are ...
Jessie Shafer RD
Director of Influence & Health Education, New Hope Network
Nick McCoy
Managing Director & Co-Founder, Whipstitch Capital
Carlotta Mast
Market Leader, SVP Content & Insights,
New Hope Network
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On track to surpass $250 billion in U.S. consumer sales this year, the natural & organic industry is poised for significant impact—but how will we spark the real change we have the potential to create? In this session, Carlotta Mast, SVP and Market Leader at New Hope Network, and Nick McCoy, Managing Director and Co-Founder at Whipstitch Capital will take on that question, as they share market data, new consumer research and industry case studies designed to inform and inspire a thriving industry and the creation of a healthier, more just and regenerative world.
1:10 - 1:35 p.m. EDT | 10:10 - 10:35 a.m. PDT
The State & Future of Natural & Organic
Miyoko Schinner
CEO & Founder, Miyoko's
Carlotta Mast
Market Leader, SVP Content & Insights,
New Hope Network
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Sparking change starts with leadership. In this session, you'll learn how four industry leaders are building thriving businesses while tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges. Get ready to be inspired about how you too can transform your mission into opportunity and impact. Following this panel discussion, join us for Q&A sessions with our featured speakers.
1:40 - 2:40 p.m. EDT | 10:40 - 11:40 a.m. PDT
The Industry's Most Innovative Leaders Tell All Roundtable and Community Forum
Kareem Cook
Chief Marketing Officer & Owner, Naturade
Claude Tellis
CEO & Owner, Naturade
Jessie Shafer RD
Director of Influence & Health Education, New Hope Network
Chris McGurrin
Manager, Influencer Programs,
New Hope Network
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Let Zevia inspire you to live with less sugar (and love it!). Take a healthy snack hacks break with Zevia and Kristina Cooke, Registered Dietician Nutritionist, who will serve up a sugar-free cooking demo (and take a look inside some of our favorite Spark Change attendees' pantries!) Plus, don't forget to head over to Zevia's Product Discovery Zone to book a free 10-minute nutrition consultation with Kristina. Have your sugar-free living questions primed and ready.
2:40 - 2:55 p.m. EDT | 11:40 - 11:55 a.m. PDT
Less-Sugar Snack Hacks with Zevia
Gary Hawkins
CEO, Center for Advancing Retail & Technology; Author, Retail in the Age of i: A New Worldview for the Retail Industry
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Since the onset of COVID-19, natural products retailers have had to adjust to meet rapidly evolving business and consumer needs. Especially impactful, changes in purchasing behavior and advances in technology will continue to transform natural retail.
Gary Hawkins, CEO at the Center for Advancing Retail & Technology, will review what's happening now — it's more than you realize — and map a course forward by focusing on three things retailers need to do now. From assessing current capabilities and culture, to establishing processes for discovery and innovation, Gary will bring to light the challenges and opportunities of 2020 and beyond so we're ready for the future of retail.
2:55 - 3:25 p.m. EDT | 11:55 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. PDT
A Roadmap for the Future of Retail with Gary Hawkins
Pattie Gonia
Influencer & Intersectional Environmentalist
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Strap on your boots and lean into the screen; we have work to do! Join us for this special address from influencer and intersectional environmentalist Pattie Gonia. What can a drag queen teach us about allyship and a better future for the natural products industry? A lot, honey. Get ready for laughs, tears and heart-bending real talk as Pattie shows us that every little spark matters in the path to big change.
2:55 - 3:25 p.m. EDT | 11:55 - 12:25 p.m. PDT
Put on Your Boots: We Have Work to Do with Pattie Gonia
Come with an open mind and an open heart. During our Spark Change Networking, you'll connect with our Spark Change community and discover the people, brands and stories that will change how you do business.
Before networking breakouts begin, we’ll take 10 minutes to dig into virtual networking best practices with networking pro, Amy Summers of Pitch Publicity —from how to set up meaningful meetings to nurturing online conversations.
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. EDT | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. PDT
Conversation Sparkers: Join Industry Leaders for an Afternoon of Discovery-Based Networking
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We're bringing that Expo magic to Spark Change! Continue networking, booking meetings and exploring the Product Discovery Zone as you enjoy the Black Pumas—live! Pour yourself a cocktail or mocktail and dance like nobody's watching.
4:35 - 5:30 p.m. EDT | 1:35 - 2:30 p.m. PDT
Spark Change Kickoff Concert, featuring Black Pumas
Jessica Rubino
Senior Director, Content Marketing,
New Hope Network
Jessica Rubino
Senior Director, Content Marketing
Informa Health & Nutrition
Jessica Rubino is a natural products industry expert and content strategist covering issues that are shaping today's health and wellness industry. As senior content marketing director at Informa Health & Nutrition, Jessica helps companies in the food and beverage, personal care and supplement industries tell their stories and strengthen their businesses through high-quality content, education, data and insights and events. Jessica is passionate about making healthy living a reality for all people and serves on the advisory board for Protect Our Breasts, a nonprofit that raises awareness about breast cancer prevention on high school and college campuses. She believes that a good meal, great conversation and meaningful connections are the ingredients for happiness. You can catch her running or making a mess in the kitchen.
Yoli Ouiya
Founder, Yoli's Green Living Group
Co-Founder, Food & Wellness Equity Collective
Yoli Ouiya is a driving force in the Global Sustainability and Wellness movement. Yoli’s interest in sustainability and wellness began with her desire to improve her personal health and culminated in becoming certified in Plant-Based Nutrition through Cornell T. Colin Campbell Institute. She started to develop her brand as a digital creative and chef launching YolisGreenLiving.com an eco-lifestyle portal dedicated to providing digitally engaged consumers with insights into green and wellness data. Yoli was nationally recognized as the “Queen of Green” by Black Enterprise Magazine as a go-to social media presence for sustainability insights. In 2017, Yoli was selected for Yale’s inaugural Sustainability Leadership Summit. Yoli was commissioned as a national spokesperson and consultant for The Toyota Green Initiative from 2014-2019.
As an independent brand, Yoli builds audiences as a media personality, consultant, and spokesperson. She covers thought leadership on subjects ranging from personal wellness to environmental sustainability, and its’ intersection with technology. She has collaborated with leading retailers, brands, and organizations.
A passionate entrepreneur and visionary, Yoli’s next ventures are co-founder of the Food + Wellness Equity Collective, Next in Wellness and African Hippie. The Food + Wellness Equity Collective, which launched July 2020 with 20 founded members, is diverse group of content creators and entrepreneurs committed to being change agents for equity, diversity and anti-racism in the food and wellness industry. Next in Wellness is a multi-platform marketing and media consultancy that seeks to promote wellness in underrepresented communities. African Hippie is an eco lifestyle brand that empowers previously unserved demographics with wellness focused resources and products.
Dr. Tieraona Low Dog
Founding Director,
Medicine Lodge Ranch
Tieraona Low Dog, MD is a physician, author, and educator. She practiced herbal medicine and midwifery, before earning her medical degree from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. She is one of the foremost experts in the United States on the safe and appropriate use of botanical remedies and dietary supplements. A prolific scholar, Dr. Low Dog has published 54 research articles in medical/science journals and written 24 chapters for medical textbooks.
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Chris McGurrin
Manager, Influencer Programs
Working to inspire health for people and planet, Chris manages New Hope Network's influencer programs. In his role, he provides natural products industry-supportive content, resources and brand partnership opportunities for responsible health and wellness influencers and supports brands in their pursuit of strong influencer relationships. Chris also manages the NEXTY Awards, an industry-facing awards program which recognizes the most innovating, inspiring, integrity and impact-driven brands and products. On New Hope Network's content team, Chris also produces sustainability-focused content on topics such as organic and regenerative agriculture, upcycling and sustainable packaging. This includes Informa Health and Nutrition’s Sustainable Packaging Toolkit, a comprehensive resource designed to support brands in their pursuit of sustainable packaging. In his free time, you can find Chris cooking in the kitchen or running, climbing, biking and skiing in the mountains.
Jessie Shafer RD
Director of Influence & Health Education, New Hope Network
Jessie is a registered dietitian and the Director of Influence & Health Education at New Hope Network. For the last two decades, Jessie has worked in food and health publishing, holding the roles of editor-in-chief of Delicious Living magazine and senior nutrition editor for Diabetic Living magazine, and during which time she has managed the creation of more than 200 cookbooks, magazines, special-interest publications and nutrition articles. Jessie is a frequent contributing writer for national health publications, such as Oxygen and Clean Eating, and she writes nutrition- and product-based analysis for New Hope Network. Jessie earned her journalism degree from Northwestern University and her RD credentials through Kansas State University and the Wellness Workdays Dietetic Internship. Jessie and her husband love to ride their bikes around Colorado—now with two kids in tow—and share a deep appreciation for good food.
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Carlotta Mast
Market Leader & SVP of Content,
New Hope Network
As market leader, Carlotta Mast sets the strategy and guides the growth and impact for New Hope Network, the leading events and information services company for the natural & organic products industry. She also leads the content strategy and team for the Informa Markets Health & Nutrition group, which includes New Hope Network. Her team produces the content and conference programming for Natural Products Expos, NBJ Summit, Nutrition Capital Network, Esca Bona, Natural Foods Merchandiser, newhope.com, Nutrition Business Journal, NEXT Forecast, SupplySide, Natural Products Insider, Vitafoods and Vitafoods Insights.
With 20 years of experience, Carlotta has her finger on the pulse of new health, wellness and natural product trends and the forces shaping consumer attitudes and behaviors. Carlotta is a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences and has been interviewed about the natural products industry, regulatory issues and market performance by media outlets including The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, NPR, ABC News, BusinessWeek and many others.
Carlotta serves on the board and is the past board president of Naturally Boulder, a 1,600-member trade group with the mission of nurturing community, leadership and innovation in the Colorado natural products industry. As Naturally Boulder’s board president, Carlotta helped bring the Naturally Boulder model to other communities and establish Naturally Bay Area, Naturally Austin, Naturally Chicago, Naturally San Diego, Naturally Los Angeles and Naturally New York City; and she now serves on the board of directors for the new Naturally Network.
In addition, Carlotta is a co-founder of the J.E.D.I Collaborative, which was created to foster justice, equity, diversity and inclusion within the natural & organic products industry, and she serves on the board of the Climate Collaborative, whose mission is to leverage the power of the natural products industry to reverse climate change.
In 2013, Carlotta co-founded a paleo snack company called Wholly Bites, which hit the market well before Whole Foods Market and other retailers began adding paleo sections to their stores. Wholly Bites was sold to 1908 Brands in 2016.
Nick McCoy
Managing Director & Co-Founder, Whipstitch Capital
Nick McCoy is a founding partner at Whipstitch Capital where he executes M & A, private equity investments and acts in an advisory capacity to growing companies in the consumer products sector. His primary focus is innovative food, beverage, nutritional supplements, retail and premium consumer products businesses centered around healthy, active and sustainable living.
Nick has nearly 20 years of experience working with consumer products, healthcare and technology companies. Prior to founding Whipstitch Capital in October 2015, Nick was a founding partner at Silverwood Partners where he and his partner began to focus solely upon consumer products clients. To date, Whipstitch Capital’s reputation for straight talk and transparency is well known in the industry. They have been quoted in industry news outlets such as BevNET, Food Navigator, Project NOSH and New Hope Network and have completed nearly sixty transactions for emerging brands such as Blake’s All Natural, KeVita, Essentia, Cherrybrook Kitchen, Spindrift and Otter Creek Brewing Company.
Nick holds an MBA in Finance from the Wake Forest University Graduate School of Management where he was awarded a Charles H. Babcock scholarship. He also holds a BS in Hospitality Management from the University of New Hampshire. Nick is a Member of the Association of Investment Management and Research and the Boston Security Analysts Society.
Jessica Rubino
Senior Director, Content Marketing
Informa Health & Nutrition
Jessica Rubino is a natural products industry expert and content strategist covering issues that are shaping today's health and wellness industry. As senior content marketing director at Informa Health & Nutrition, Jessica helps companies in the food and beverage, personal care and supplement industries tell their stories and strengthen their businesses through high-quality content, education, data and insights and events. Jessica is passionate about making healthy living a reality for all people and serves on the advisory board for Protect Our Breasts, a nonprofit that raises awareness about breast cancer prevention on high school and college campuses. She believes that a good meal, great conversation and meaningful connections are the ingredients for happiness. You can catch her running or making a mess in the kitchen.
Yoli Ouiya
Founder, Yoli's Green Living Group
Co-Founder, Food & Wellness Equity Collective
Yoli Ouiya is a driving force in the Global Sustainability and Wellness movement. Yoli’s interest in sustainability and wellness began with her desire to improve her personal health and culminated in becoming certified in Plant-Based Nutrition through Cornell T. Colin Campbell Institute. She started to develop her brand as a digital creative and chef launching YolisGreenLiving.com an eco-lifestyle portal dedicated to providing digitally engaged consumers with insights into green and wellness data. Yoli was nationally recognized as the “Queen of Green” by Black Enterprise Magazine as a go-to social media presence for sustainability insights. In 2017, Yoli was selected for Yale’s inaugural Sustainability Leadership Summit. Yoli was commissioned as a national spokesperson and consultant for The Toyota Green Initiative from 2014-2019.
As an independent brand, Yoli builds audiences as a media personality, consultant, and spokesperson. She covers thought leadership on subjects ranging from personal wellness to environmental sustainability, and its’ intersection with technology. She has collaborated with leading retailers, brands, and organizations.
A passionate entrepreneur and visionary, Yoli’s next ventures are co-founder of the Food + Wellness Equity Collective, Next in Wellness and African Hippie. The Food + Wellness Equity Collective, which launched July 2020 with 20 founded members, is diverse group of content creators and entrepreneurs committed to being change agents for equity, diversity and anti-racism in the food and wellness industry. Next in Wellness is a multi-platform marketing and media consultancy that seeks to promote wellness in underrepresented communities. African Hippie is an eco lifestyle brand that empowers previously unserved demographics with wellness focused resources and products.
David Bronner
Cosmic Engagement Officer (CEO),
Dr. Bronner's
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Miyoko Schinner
CEO & Founder, Miyoko's
Miyoko Schinner is the fearless CEO/founder of Miyoko’s, a food brand combining culinarytraditions with food technology to revolutionize dairy by making cheese and butter without cows.Through an innovative proprietary process that merges food science with old-world creamerymethods, Schinner has successfully scaled the production of fermented cheese and culturedbutter made from plants to a level that will make an impact on the looming food andenvironmental crisis. Under Schinner’s visionary leadership, Miyoko’s has become the fastestgrowing natural cheese brand in the U.S. and has replaced animal-dairy products on the shelvesof more than 10,000 retailers nationwide including Target, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Kroger,and Safeway.
The pioneer of the plant-based cheese revolution, Schinner is a passionate culinarian, formerrestaurateur, best-selling author of five cookbooks, including the bestselling The HomemadeVegan Pantry (Ten Speed Press, 2015), co-host of the national PBS cooking show VeganMashup , and a founding board member of the Plant Based Foods Association.Schinner also co-founded Rancho Compasión, a farmed animal sanctuary in northern Californiathat provides a home to over 70 farm animals. She starts each day feeding her herd of cows,goats, pigs, sheep, turkeys, chickens, and ducks, which she considers her daily meditation. Shelives with her husband and has 3 grown children, 2 dogs, and 2 cats.
Carlotta Mast
Market Leader & SVP of Content,
New Hope Network
As market leader, Carlotta Mast sets the strategy and guides the growth and impact for New Hope Network, the leading events and information services company for the natural & organic products industry. She also leads the content strategy and team for the Informa Markets Health & Nutrition group, which includes New Hope Network. Her team produces the content and conference programming for Natural Products Expos, NBJ Summit, Nutrition Capital Network, Esca Bona, Natural Foods Merchandiser, newhope.com, Nutrition Business Journal, NEXT Forecast, SupplySide, Natural Products Insider, Vitafoods and Vitafoods Insights.
With 20 years of experience, Carlotta has her finger on the pulse of new health, wellness and natural product trends and the forces shaping consumer attitudes and behaviors. Carlotta is a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences and has been interviewed about the natural products industry, regulatory issues and market performance by media outlets including The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, NPR, ABC News, BusinessWeek and many others.
Carlotta serves on the board and is the past board president of Naturally Boulder, a 1,600-member trade group with the mission of nurturing community, leadership and innovation in the Colorado natural products industry. As Naturally Boulder’s board president, Carlotta helped bring the Naturally Boulder model to other communities and establish Naturally Bay Area, Naturally Austin, Naturally Chicago, Naturally San Diego, Naturally Los Angeles and Naturally New York City; and she now serves on the board of directors for the new Naturally Network.
In addition, Carlotta is a co-founder of the J.E.D.I Collaborative, which was created to foster justice, equity, diversity and inclusion within the natural & organic products industry, and she serves on the board of the Climate Collaborative, whose mission is to leverage the power of the natural products industry to reverse climate change.
In 2013, Carlotta co-founded a paleo snack company called Wholly Bites, which hit the market well before Whole Foods Market and other retailers began adding paleo sections to their stores. Wholly Bites was sold to 1908 Brands in 2016.
Claude Tellis
CEO & Owner, Naturade
Claude Tellis currently serves as CEO of Naturade, a lower middle market nutraceutical company, that he owns through his family office, Towerview. Under Mr. Tellis’ leadership, Naturade has doubled its sales over the past 3 years.
Naturade competes in sectors including: (1) plant-based meal replacements, (2) immune & probiotics products and (3) anti-aging. The company is experiencing significant growth in its VeganSmart meal replacement, Symbiotics immune line and its Ageless anti-aging lines.
Prior to Naturade, Claude managed the interests of Towerview, a family office affiliated with Duke University that makes lower middle market private equity investments & other related investments. Before Towerview, Claude worked as a strategy consultant at Accenture and a merchant equity investor and commodities originator at Enron.
Claude has a substantial interest in preventative health. Before Naturade and Towerview, Claude owned and operated a healthy foods company, Healthy Body Products, which is credited with ending the sale of junk food in California public high schools. Claude completed his MBA at The Wharton School and his BA at Duke University. He is a distinguished alumni at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. He generously supports Food on Foot, the LEAD Program in Business and Duke University.
Kareem Cook
Chief Marketing Officer & Owner, Naturade
Kareem Cook is a founder and Managing Director at Towerview Capital Management (TCM), a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts of middle-market companies focused on preventative medicine, healthier products, and healthier lifestyles. Having acquired Naturade in 2012, a leading nutraceutical company that sells vitamins and supplements, he has assumed the position of Chief Marketing Officer within the company. Influenced by obesity, diabetes and heart disease in their own families, Kareem and co-owner Claude Tellis have repositioned Naturade to address the diet related illnesses epidemic in underserved communities by providing “Whole Foods quality products to a Walmart consumer.” They have been profiled in Fast Company, Forbes, Ebony, Black Enterprise and many other publications for the work they are doing to address the health crisis.
Prior to founding TCM, Kareem co-founded Healthy Body Products (HBP), a healthy beverage and snack distribution company based in Los Angeles. HBP was the first company to place vending machines exclusively serving healthy snacks and beverages in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). HBP was instrumental in the banning of junk food in LAUSD and later in banning the sale of junk food in the state of California. Within two years of the company's founding, HBP was awarded the contract to supply all of the high schools and middle schools in Los Angeles, totaling over 130 schools. Kareem and his partner were invited by President Bill Clinton and Governor Mike Huckabee to present to the Alliance for a Healthier Generation in Arkansas on HBP's story and best practices.
Kareem earned his BA from Duke University in 1994 and his MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business in 2000. He currently Duke Alumni Association Board of Directors.
David Bronner
Cosmic Engagement Officer (CEO), Dr. Bronner's
David Bronner is Cosmic Engagement Officer (CEO) of Dr. Bronner’s, the top-selling brand of natural soaps in North America and producer of a range of organic body care and food products. David established Dr. Bronner’s as a sustainable leader in the natural products industry by becoming one of the first body care brands to certify its soaps, lotions, balms, and other personal care products under the USDA National Organic Program in 2003. In 2017 David led Dr. Bronner’s in co-founding Regenerative Organic Certification along with Patagonia and the Rodale Institute to encompass the highest bar soil health, animal welfare, and fair labor standards in one program — in the interest of establishing a truly sustainable and ecological alternative to industrial agriculture.
Gary Hawkins
CEO, Center for Advancing Retail & Technology; Author, Retail in the Age of i
Gary Hawkins has spent his career incessantly driving retail into the future. First as a retailer, pioneering loyalty and exploring the power of customer data while turning new insights into action. Next as a leading customer strategist, helping notable retailers and CPG brand manufacturers around the world understand the power of shopper data and guiding early collaborative marketing initiatives, the cornerstone of today's industry shopper marketing. Then as a technologist, combining early insight to new tech with his unique perspective and understanding of customer-level economics across the supply chain to create the first true personalized marketing capability for supermarket retailers.
Today, more committed than ever to the power of technology to transform retail while reinforcing the value of people and relationships, Hawkins is the Founder and CEO of CART (Center for Advancing Retail & Technology). CART’s mission is to connect retail to new innovative capabilities through programs, events, and education. Knowing that awareness and discovery of new technologies are only one piece of future success, the CART team is at the forefront of helping retailers, wholesalers, brand manufacturers, and established solution providers cultivate a culture of innovation and agility through workshops and leadership training.
Retail Mindsteps (retailmindsteps.com) serves as Hawkins’ personal blog and repository of the myriad articles and papers written for industry publications where he distills the complexity of tech-fueled retail innovation into digestible and actionable insights. Hawkins is the author of three books including the latest, Retail in the Age of ‘i’, that explores the future of retail propelled by the exponential growth of technology. In addition, Hawkins is a regular guest lecturer at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in addition to keynoting retail conferences in the US and abroad.
Pattie Gonia
Influencer & Intersectional Environmentalist
Pattie Gonia is an environmental advocate, outdoor community voice, and backpacking drag queen (and yes, she really hikes in heels.) Our community exists to uplift LGBTQ people and allies in the outdoors and to exist as a platform to give other voices and organizations all the shine in the world. In the AD/PR world, the Pattie Gonia team operates as a creative agency created by Wyn Wiley. Together the team creates uplifting and ethical social media content, hosts community events, fundraises for non profit organizations ($150,000 raised last year for LGBTQ and outdoor nonprofits) and work with brands to produce sponsored content to further their mission of showing people that we can all be allies to each other and to mother nature.
Outside of heels Wyn Wiley, a 27 year old born and raised Nebraskan, has worked as a photographer, speaker, teacher, and creative director for brands including Adidas, Red Bull and Disney as well as a number of non-profits around the world. Last year, on a weeklong backtracking trip in Colorado, Wyn put on high heels and strutted for the first time as Pattie Gonia that has now received over 100 million views across platforms. Since the birth of Pattie Gonia, Wyn has focused his efforts on his personal journey of using drag as a way to explore his personal self, his sexuality, and the journey of what can happen when you believe in the one crazy idea inside your head. And so, the journey of Pattie is both extremely personal and also operates as an ethical business entity.
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Amy Summers
President, Pitch Publicity
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Amy Summers
President, Pitch Publicity
Amy Summers is president of Pitch Publicity and has 20 years experience working with companies in the natural products industry. Her publicity campaigns have resulted in billions of media impressions worldwide and she produces one of the most highly ranked business, communications flash briefings for Amazon’s Alexa Skills called, “The Pitch with Amy Summers.”
Carlotta Mast
Market Leader & SVP of Content,
New Hope Network
As market leader, Carlotta Mast sets the strategy and guides the growth and impact for New Hope Network, the leading events and information services company for the natural & organic products industry. She also leads the content strategy and team for the Informa Markets Health & Nutrition group, which includes New Hope Network. Her team produces the content and conference programming for Natural Products Expos, NBJ Summit, Nutrition Capital Network, Esca Bona, Natural Foods Merchandiser, newhope.com, Nutrition Business Journal, NEXT Forecast, SupplySide, Natural Products Insider, Vitafoods and Vitafoods Insights.
With 20 years of experience, Carlotta has her finger on the pulse of new health, wellness and natural product trends and the forces shaping consumer attitudes and behaviors. Carlotta is a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences and has been interviewed about the natural products industry, regulatory issues and market performance by media outlets including The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, NPR, ABC News, BusinessWeek and many others.
Carlotta serves on the board and is the past board president of Naturally Boulder, a 1,600-member trade group with the mission of nurturing community, leadership and innovation in the Colorado natural products industry. As Naturally Boulder’s board president, Carlotta helped bring the Naturally Boulder model to other communities and establish Naturally Bay Area, Naturally Austin, Naturally Chicago, Naturally San Diego, Naturally Los Angeles and Naturally New York City; and she now serves on the board of directors for the new Naturally Network.
In addition, Carlotta is a co-founder of the J.E.D.I Collaborative, which was created to foster justice, equity, diversity and inclusion within the natural & organic products industry, and she serves on the board of the Climate Collaborative, whose mission is to leverage the power of the natural products industry to reverse climate change.
In 2013, Carlotta co-founded a paleo snack company called Wholly Bites, which hit the market well before Whole Foods Market and other retailers began adding paleo sections to their stores. Wholly Bites was sold to 1908 Brands in 2016.
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A lot has changed in 2020. But what hasn’t changed? The natural products industry's commitment to the health of people and our planet. This shared mission has become even more important as consumers demand sustainability and integrity from the companies that they support. During this French Transit and New Hope Network Spark Change lunch & learn, we’ll share success stories and best practices in building a meaningful CSR plan. (P.S. Lunch is included!)
August 31
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT
Lunch & Learn
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Clean.Caring.Impact – Case Studies in CSR and Using Your Business Model for Positive Impact
It has never been more important to focus on purpose and impact in life and business. From supporting a more equitable and diverse food industry to setting bold sustainability goals, join us on this leg of the Spark Change journey as we dig into why do-good business is good business. Discover mission-driven brands, content and products via the Product Discovery Zone; take in thought-provoking panels and presentations; and navigate the Spark Change platform to continue making connections that will help you spark the change you want to see in the world.
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Join us in a casual networking setting every Tuesday as we partner with industry leaders to address the pressing topics of supporting today’s mission-driven business. Get to know B Lab, J.E.D.I Collaborative (what we talk about when we talk about justice, equity, diversity and inclusion is building a natural products industry that centers itself in true belonging) and the Naturally Network, as well as your peers, where business as a force for good will be the topic at hand.
September 1, 8 & 15
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. EST | 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. PDT
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12:00 – 5:30 p.m. EDT | 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. PDT
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